Tag: pole star

The Full Harvest Supermoon Covers Saturn and Dips into Earth’s Umbra, Evening Neptune Peaks near Saturn, the Big Bear Prepares to Nap, and Autumn Arrives!

The bright rays that surround the small bright crater Proclus are missing to the left of the two yellow lines, evidence that the Proclus impactor arrived at a shallow angle from that direction and tossed debris in front of it, partly onto dark Mare Crisium. This feature on the moon is easy to see in…
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Comet Pons-Brooks, Our Clocks Click Forward, the Moon Appears Pretty, Eyeing Australe, and Stars Guard the Pole Star!

Malcolm Park captured this terrific widefield image of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks on March 4 2024. The Andromeda Galaxy is prominent at the upper right, and the triangulum galaxy is fuzzy at top left. This week the comet will travel between the two widely separated bright stars Mirach (above centre) and bluish Alpheratz (below centre). Enjoy more…
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